Wednesday, August 3, 2005


I thought I might give Tokyo a break for a while as I still have many pictures from my recent trips. This one here is from Mong Kok, Hong Kong. A street-side-snack-seller. I was quite amazed by the sheer number of these places in HK. There weren't as many last time I've been to HK a couple years back. These days you're bound to run into them everywhere you go. The guy in the picture doesn't seem too busy. But pictures can be deceiving. This place is literally jam packed with people at the time. A second before the photo, he was serving customers with one hand, collecting money with the other, and taking orders from numerous customers. I was quite astounded to find that he actually stopped everything he was doing and posed for my picture without me asking (I originally wanted to capture the action). Either that or he was giving me the "look" and wanting me to move out of the way... I never did find out as the crowd grew to like 20 people by the time I'm done. So I thanked him hastily and moved along.